maze

1 of 2

verb

mazed; mazing

transitive verb

1
chiefly dialectal : stupefy, daze
2

maze

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: a confusing intricate network of passages
b
: something confusingly elaborate or complicated
a maze of regulations
2
chiefly dialectal : a state of bewilderment
mazelike adjective

Examples of maze in a Sentence

Verb I'm completely mazed by the multitude of plans for health insurance. Noun The experiment measured the time it took for a mouse to find its way through a maze to get its reward of cheese. The school is a maze of classrooms. a maze of rules and regulations
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Noun
The first challenge is physically demanding and includes a mud crawl, wood chips, a tall tower climb and a table maze. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024 State of play: The massive Halloween display, with a haunted maze that winds around his house and back out the other side, is now a neighborhood mainstay, open on weekends in October and on Halloween. Andrew Keatts, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 In the snap, which was also shared by the ice cream shop West End Creamery in Massachusetts, Belichick and Hudson stood with their arms around each other in the center of a group in front of the entrance to a corn maze that was created in his honor. Escher Walcott, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024 Read the poems that Edgar Allan Poe (probably could have) composed while lost in a corn maze. Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for maze 

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of maze was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

maze

noun
ˈmāz
1
: a confusing complicated network of passages
2
: something complicated or elaborate
a confusing maze of regulations

Medical Definition

maze

noun
: a path complicated by at least one blind alley and used in learning experiments and in intelligence tests

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